More evidence that old smoke-and-mirrors politics isn't working. The Obama administration's claim it would cut $100 million didn't excite. Commentary Magazine's blog, Contentions has the info.
Figuring that the public isn’t paying much attention to the number of zeroes, Obama throws out a number that used to sound like a lot of money — $100M. But the public is perhaps smarter than Obama reckons, and the administration’s critics aren’t playing along with the charade.